If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.